Anna Howard Shaw Quotes

I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness--good faith, good friends, and all the work I can possibly do.

The days you work are the best days.

To see your friend's dreams come true, there's really nothing that can make you happier.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Every day, I genuinely count my blessings. One of the greatest things in life is to do a job you really enjoy.

If I feel love, I just want to feel more love. And if I feel a bit of peace, I want to feel more peace. But I don't really have any great ambitions. I feel very happy. I've got a lot of good friends. I just want it to be better and more of it, really.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

The key to happiness is not being rich; it's doing something arduous and creating something of value and then being able to reflect on the fruits of your labor.

I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected.

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

I'm alive today, I'm well, I'm working, I'm still creative. What more can I say, really?

I don't have a lot of desires, you see; I feel so lucky. God has give me a lot of things already; there's nothing to ask for.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

I have nothing to complain about.

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.